Saturday, February 17, 11:00 am Walk literally in the footsteps of the creator of Black History Month, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, from the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS through the Logan Circle and Shaw […]
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Black History Month: NPS
“Walking in the Steps of the Bookman” Every Friday in February, 1:00 pm, Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS (1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005) A free walking tour from the Mary McLeod Bethune […]
Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 9:30 AM A Virtual Presentation Via Zoom by Jill L. Newmark | Medical Historian and Museum Curator Without Concealment, Without Compromise is the first book on the fourteen (14) African American physician-surgeons […]
National Capital Parks – east
An Unlikely Alliance: The Friendship of Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt Saturday 25 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 202-510-2423
26mar@12pm ~ Mary Church Terrell: Suffragist, Activist, and Mentee
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Allison Parker, author of “Unceasing Militant: The Life and Times of Mary Church Terrell”, which examines the life and work Terrell, one of the most important African American […]
5mar@9:30AM ~Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement
by Ranger Kenya J. Finley-Jean, Supervisory Park Ranger, Civil War Defenses of Washington, National Park Service Ranger Dear Rock Creek Civil War Roundtable Members and Guests: Thank you for joining us each month on the […]
20feb@6:45pm ~ Vigil for Frederick Douglass’s Passing
In this video, we dwell in the space where Frederick Douglass passed on February 20, 1895, share in a reading of the description of his final moments, and then shift into a time of reflection […]
14feb@12PM ~ From Negro History Week to African American History Month
In this video, Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s original idea for Negro History Week—which he selected as the second week of February—and his long-term goal of African American History becoming a natural part of American history, […]
13feb@12PM ~ The Frederick Douglass Home and the History of Historic House Museums
While the Frederick Douglass Home had been a place where people came to honor the legacy of the great abolitionist, it was only the third site honoring an African American when it entered the national […]
5feb@9:30AM ~ In the Shadows of the Northeastern Forts
Join the Civil War Roundtable for “In the Shadows of the Northeastern Forts” by Jeremiah Montague, Local Historian, Lecturer, and Author
DC Black History happens EveryDay... 